Massachusetts · Private foundation
Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $57,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $57,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $60k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $57k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $47k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $56k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert & Amelia Ferst Operating Foundation | $435,591 | 9 | 7% |
| Friends of Wilbraham Seniors Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 17% |
| Hampden Wilbraham Regional School District | $8,950 | 3 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Community Survival Center | $5,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnechaug Booster Club | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Open Pantry Community Services Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert & Amelia Ferst Operating Foundation | $435,591 | 9 | 7% |
| Friends of Wilbraham Seniors Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 17% |
| Hampden Wilbraham Regional School District | $8,950 | 3 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Community Survival Center | $5,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnechaug Booster Club | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Open Pantry Community Services Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Old Post Road Orchestra Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Springfield Rescue Mission | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Springfield College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atheneum Society of Wilbraham Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation
- How much does Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation give?
- Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $61,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (85%), Human Services (5%), Education (3%).
- Who are Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Albert & Amelia Ferst Operating Foundation ($436k), Friends of Wilbraham Seniors Inc ($18k), Hampden Wilbraham Regional School District ($9k).
- Does Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, The Antonacci Family Foundation for Charitable Giving Inc, The Beveridge Family Foundation.
- Where is Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation based?
- Albert and Amelia Ferst Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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